Night Plough glossary: snow plough words explained

This glossary explains the words you meet in Night Plough, from the blade to black ice. Each word links to the page where you learn more. A snowplough (or snow plough) is a truck with a big blade at the front that pushes snow off the road; you can read about the real machines on Wikipedia's snowplow page.

Words about the truck

Word	What it means
Blade	The big curved plate at the front of the truck. Down, it scrapes snow off the road. See how to plough snow.
Blade view	A camera close to the blade, to see exactly where it cuts.
Chase view	The normal camera, behind the truck.
Hopper	The box at the back that holds sand or salt and spreads it on the road.
How much	The setting for how much sand or salt comes out: A little, Normal or A lot.
Fuel	What the engine runs on. Shown in per cent in Tools.
Wing	An extra side blade on the bigger truck. It pushes the snowbank further back.
Bigger truck	The truck you can buy for 600 kr. It has a wing and is a little slower. See money and the bigger truck.
Tools	The panel with the blade, sand, camera, refill and truck buttons.

Words about snow and ice

Word	What it means
Snow pile	A deep heap of snow the wind has blown onto the bus route. Four orange cones stand around it.
Throw snow (cast)	Choosing which side the snow slides off the blade: right or left.
Windrow	A long ridge of snow left on the road by the plough. The bus can get stuck in it.
Snowbank	The wall of snow beside the road, where ploughed snow ends up.
Lane	One strip of road, wide enough for one vehicle. Your blade clears about one lane per pass.
Packed snow	Snow pressed flat and hard by tyres. It is slippery, and the blade scrapes it off only slowly.
Black ice	A thin, hard, shiny layer of ice. The bus can't climb it without sand. See Sand, salt and black ice.
Grip	How well tyres hold the road: good grip, a bit slippery or very slippery.
Sand	Grit spread on ice to give grip. Works in any cold.
Salt	Melts snow and ice into water, slowly. Doesn't work when it is very cold.
Icy hill	A slope too slippery to climb. It needs sand.

Words about the town

Word	What it means
Depot	The yard where the plough truck starts. You refill here.
Bus route	The roads the school bus drives tonight. Gold on the map.
Bus stop	Where the bus is going tonight. It changes every night.
Junction	A place where roads meet, like West junction.
Side street	A small road that joins a bigger one. On nights 4 and 6, a car waits in one.
Town map	The big map with every road, its snow and the traffic. See the town map and the traffic.
Minimap	The small map in the corner while you drive.
Market delivery	The delivery van that drives to the Market.
Colleague	Another plough driver who can clear a road for you from night 4.
Send help	A button that gets a stuck delivery van to the Market for up to 20 kr.
Close the road	Stops cars using a road until you reopen it.

Words about the game

Word	What it means
Night	One level of the game. There are six. See all six nights.
Finish mission	The button that ends the night once the job is done.
Report	The screen after a night: snow piles passed and snow moved.
Mission complete	The job is done and you are paid.
Shift ended	The night ran out before the job was done.
Retry this night	Start the night again from the beginning.
Practise this night	Play a night again for fun. No pay, not saved.
kr (kronor)	The game's pretend money.
m³ (cubic metre)	How much snow you moved. One cubic metre fills a box one metre on each side.
Save slot	One saved game. There are three.
How to play	Five guided steps that teach the main buttons.

Night Plough glossary: snow plough words explained

Words about the truck

Words about snow and ice

Words about the town

Words about the game

See also

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